Confessions of a Hawk 289 FiA owner.

Post by **clive** » Sat Nov 28, 2015 9:53 am

XBL408E, built by John Abel, was owned by Ed Bradshaw who won the Gerry Hawkridge Trophy at Silverstone in 2011. I'm sure there was some discussion on here earlier on in the year when it was up for sale, but I can't find it at the moment. Something in the back of my mind makes me think it went abroad. (Italy perhaps)

Post by **Phil Riley** » Sat Nov 28, 2015 10:48 am

Last I saw of it was on eBay, about 10 months ago, up for sale, by someone in Italy.

Andy G's 289FIA is one of the other XBL cars.

kaiserbilly1 · Post by **kaiserbilly1** » Sat Nov 28, 2015 11:32 am

Nik

Wanted to add to the congratulations on becoming a Cobra owner.
If there was anyone who deserved to own a Cobra it's you

It looks like a great car and I know you'll give it the TLC it deserves. Hope you have many trouble free miles and lots of fun with her.

Bill

PS, I still think you would make a great events coordinator, no pressure

Post by **StewbieC** » Sat Nov 28, 2015 2:03 pm

Congratulations Nik,
Has that smile worn off yet?

Post by **nikbj68** » Sat Nov 28, 2015 9:07 pm

Smile still very definitely in place, thanks Stu!

Spent a few hours today making mirror brackets, fitting seat runners, adjusting steering column mounts for more clearance, altering the clutch to make it lighter for Mum, and was just about to start tuning it when the power went off! Figured petrol vapours by candlelight not the best of ideas!

Roger King · Post by **Roger King** » Sat Nov 28, 2015 11:36 pm

nikbj68 wrote:Smile still very definitely in place, thanks Stu!
Spent a few hours today making mirror brackets, fitting seat runners, adjusting steering column mounts for more clearance, altering the clutch to make it lighter for Mum, and was just about to start tuning it when the power went off! Figured petrol vapours by candlelight not the best of ideas!

Quite correct for originality. AC used to tune by gas lamps.

Post by **nikbj68** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 12:25 am

Roger King wrote:Quite correct for originality. AC used to tune by gas lamps.

And if it hadn`t been so dark, I would have seen this period-correct piece!

Paul Blore · Post by **Paul Blore** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 8:27 am

It looks from the photo like you may have left park wiper blades on a right park system Nik. As they are, there's a large area up unswept screen in your line of sight. Easily fixed if that's the case with a new pair of wiper arms.

See the picture of XLB 408E above.

Paul

Post by **nikbj68** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 2:02 pm

Eagle eyes! Job done, they are adjustable for length & orientation, need new blades though.

289 Baz · Post by **289 Baz** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 4:58 pm

Nice one Nik, looks a really good car.

Baz

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